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Digital Ruble Pilot to Expand to Execute Budget Expenditures Next Year
22.11.2023
Anton Siluanov, the finance minister of Russia, has announced that the Central Bank of Russia will expand the pilot phase of the digital ruble next year to include the execution of still undefined targeted budget expenditures. Digital Ruble to Be Leveraged for Budget Expenditures The digital ruble...
Digital Hong Kong Dollar Pilot Plan to Enter Second Phase Next Year
20.11.2023
Source: HKMA The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is set to initiate the second phase of its digital Hong Kong Dollar project next year, focusing on the exploration of innovative applications and reinforcing collaborations across the financial industry. During the Fintech Foresight Seminar held...
CBDC Milestone: Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Introduces Digital Tenge in Pilot Phase
16.11.2023
Source: Adobe/Сергей Шиманович The National Bank of Kazakhstan has initiated a pilot phase for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), becoming the latest bank to jump on the CBDC craze. In a recent announcement, the bank said the pilot phase started with the first retail payment using...
Kazakhstan Central Bank Marks Digital Tenge Pilot With First Retail Payment
15.11.2023
The National Bank of Kazakhstan plans to implement a digital tenge by the end of 2025
National Bank of Georgia Selects Ripple as Tech Partner for CBDC Pilot
6.11.2023
The National Bank of Georgia announced that it has enlisted the aid of Ripple, the cryptocurrency company, as the sole tech partner in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, denominated the digital GEL. Ripple’s CBDC solution was selected from nine shortlisted companies that...
Georgia National Bank Partners with Ripple to Host New Digital Lari CBDC Pilot – Adoption on the Rise?
3.11.2023
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has partnered with Ripple as the official technology provider for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pushing for a pilot in the near term. In a Nov 2 press release, blockchain payment firm Ripple announced that it has been selected to power the Digital Lari...
Marathon Digital and Nodal Power Unveil Methane-Fueled Bitcoin Mining Pilot in Utah
3.11.2023
On Thursday, Marathon Digital, a publicly traded bitcoin mining company, announced its partnership with Nodal Power, revealing plans to initiate an innovative 280-kilowatt (kW) bitcoin mining pilot project in Utah. The project harnesses biogas, specifically methane from a landfill, to fuel...
Marathon Digital will use landfill methane to mine Bitcoin in Utah pilot project
2.11.2023
The BTC miner has partnered with startup Nodal Power for a green, off-grid project that is a small start for a potentially big advancement
Marathon Digital Starts Methane Gas-powered BTC Mining Project
2.11.2023
Marathon Digital , a BTC mining company, has launched a pilot mining initiative in Utah, leveraging methane gas produced from landfill waste to generate the power needed for their mining operations. The company announced on Thursday in a press release that it had entered into an agreement with...
SNB and CBDC to launch a pilot project for financial institutions
2.11.2023
SNB, an acronym for Swiss National Bank, has announced the launching of a pilot project with CBDC, which is Central Bank Digital Currency. It will run from December 2023 to June 2024 in association with six financial institutions. The pilot project has been tagged as Helvetia Phase III and will...
Swiss wholesale CBDC pilot kicks off in alliance with central, commercial banks
2.11.2023
The Swiss wCBDC pilot project will be hosted on SDX and use the infrastructure of Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC)
Swiss National Bank to Work With SIX Digital Exchange, 6 Banks on Wholesale CBDC Pilot
2.11.2023
The Helvetia Phase III pilot will create a tokenized version of the franc as a settlement instrument between financial institutions for digital assets on the exchange
Visa Successfully Concludes CBDC Pilot Program in Hong Kong with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank
2.11.2023
Visa, a global leader in payments technology, has announced the successful completion of a pilot test of tokenized deposits using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). On November 1, Visa announced that it had completed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s CBDC pilot program with leading...
Visa completes digital Hong Kong dollar pilot test with local banks
1.11.2023
The e-HKD CBDC Pilot Programme will enter phase 2 following praise from the city's monetary authority
Ripple Labs and Hong Kong’s Fubon Bank Team to Offer Property Equity Access to Locals
31.10.2023
Ripple Labs is working on a pilot program with Hong Kong’s Fubon Bank to offer property equity access to residents. The developer of the XRP cryptocurrency revealed that the collaboration is a part of the e-HKD pilot project. Ripple and Fubon Bank were selected to demonstrate a use case...
Hong Kong advances CBDC pilot, bringing e-HKD trials to Phase 2
31.10.2023
e-HKD Phase 1 trial was dedicated to full-fledged payments, programmable payments, offline payments, tokenized deposits, settlement of Web3 transactions and settlement of tokenized assets
Retail CBDC Could Add Unique Value, but Further Investigation Is Needed, Hong Kong Central Bank Says
30.10.2023
A retail central bank digital currency could add unique value to the existing payments ecosystem and enable new types of economic transactions, but further investigation is needed, Hong Kong's central bank said
India's Central Bank Launches Wholesale CBDC Pilot For Inter-Bank Borrowing
20.10.2023
The Reserve Bank of India has initiated a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot program for inter-bank borrowing.
The central bank had earlier announced its plans to test the wholesale CBDC, with the pilot now underway as of October. RBI’s executive director Ajay Kumar Choudhary...
Russian Business Titan Sber to Join Digital Ruble Pilot
16.10.2023
Russia’s Sber, the operator of Sberbank, says it will join the Central Bank’s digital ruble pilot, in a major coup for the nation’s CBDC.
Vedemosti reported that Sber’s influential CEO, the former Economy Minister Herman Gref, said his firm “will definitely” join a “second wave” of banks that will...
India’s Central Bank RBI Launches CBDC Pilot in Call Money Market
14.10.2023
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has initiated a pilot for a second use case of its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), focusing on the call money market. The Indian central bank reportedly plans to expand its e-rupee testing to cover the entire wholesale...